Monument record 0288402000 - GLORY MILL, WOOBURN GREEN

Summary

Nineteenth to twentieth century paper-mill.

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Type and Period (2)

  • PAPER MILL (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1945 AD)
  • WATERMILL (19th Century to Modern - 1800 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

GLORY MILLS, FOR PAPER, LEASED BY MESSRS GROSVENOR, CHATER & CO. CHIMNEY, 42.7M HIGH, BUILT 1846 & IS BEST IN AREA (B7).
MARKED ON OS MAPS (B8).
OCCUPIED BY WIGGINS, TEAPE & CO (B1).
MILL STILL WORKING 1957 (WIGGINS, TEAPE & CO (1919) LTD)(B4).
Detailed historical notes and 1930s condition. Power driven factory in 2006 (B9)
Buildings report dated September 1999 held at NMR (B10)

Sources (7)

  • <1>SBC20462 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1925. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume III. Volume 3. pp106,110-111.
  • <3>SBC14546 Article in serial: SHORTER A H 1960 PAPER MILLS IN THE WYE VALLEY, PAPERMAKER & BRITISH PAPER TRADE JOURNAL, OCT P54.
  • <4>SBC14539 Bibliographic reference: SHORTER A H 1957 PAPER MILLS & PAPER MAKERS IN ENG LAND 1495-1800 P142.
  • <7>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p915.
  • <8>SBC10162 Map: OS 1875/83 6 INCH MAP (1ST EDIT) & SUBSEQUENT EDIT S..
  • <9>SBC23045 Bibliographic reference: Michael Farley, Edward Legg and James Venn (eds). 2007. The Watermills of Buckinghamshire: A 1930s account by Stanley Freese with original photographs. pp158-159.
  • <10>SBC23358 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2006. NMR Buildings Reports. BF104630.

Location

Grid reference SU 91300 89500 (point)
Civil Parish WOOBURN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 5 2024 4:36PM

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